13-letter words containing ac
- chloroacetone — a colorless, lachrymatory, poisonous liquid, C 3 H 5 ClO, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of insecticides and perfumes.
- chlorous acid — an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO2
- chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cinnamic acid — a white crystalline water-insoluble weak organic acid existing in two isomeric forms; 3-phenylpropenoic acid. The trans- form occurs naturally and its esters are used in perfumery. Formula: C6H5CH:CHCOOH
- ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
- circumjacency — the state of being circumjacent
- claiming race — a race in which each owner declares beforehand the price at which his or her horse will be offered for sale after the race
- class teacher — a teacher who teaches a class
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clicketyclack — a rhythmic, metallic sound, as that made by the wheels of a moving train
- climactically — In a climactic fashion; like, or as, a climax.
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- coach station — A coach station is an area or a building which coaches leave from or arrive at on regular journeys.
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coatzacoalcos — city in EC Mexico, in Veracruz state: pop. 233,000
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- cocontraction — The simultaneous contraction of two muscles.
- combat jacket — a military-style jacket, usually khaki, olive green, or with camouflage colours
- common factor — a number or quantity that is a factor of each member of a group of numbers or quantities
- compact cobol — (language) A subset of COBOL defined, but not published, ca. 1961.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- concord coach — a 19th-cent. type of stagecoach used by early settlers of the western U.S.
- confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
- conspiracists — Plural form of conspiracist.
- contact paper — Photography. sensitized paper on which a contact print is made.
- contact patch — the area of contact between a tire on an automotive vehicle and the road surface.
- contact print — a photographic print made by exposing the printing paper through a negative placed directly onto it
- contact sheet — a contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proof print.
- contact sport — a sport that involves physical contact between participants, such as rugby
- contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contraception — Contraception refers to methods of preventing pregnancy.
- contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
- contract bond — an indemnity agreement to protect against loss due to breach of contract.
- contract work — the work specified in a short-term contract, esp as opposed to regular employment
- contractility — capable of contracting or causing contraction.
- contractional — of, relating to, or produced by contraction
- contractually — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- contrafactual — counterfactual.
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.